Button.



`J. STUART.

BUTTON.

A'PrLIoATIoN FILED oo'r.1a, 190e.

Patented July 28, 1914.y

INVENTUR HIEATTDRNEY UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE.

JOHN STUART, 0E sAUGATUcK, coNNEeTrcUT, Assrenon' To CLARENCE wocsTEitqoE NEWARK, NEW J i BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Juy 28, 1912i.

Application filed October 16, 1908. Seria1No.-457,p9k8r9. y

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN STUART, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Saugatuck, `in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented acertaiii new and useful Improvement in Buttons, of which the following is a full, clear, and enact description, reference being made to the accompanyingv drawings, forming part of this specification. l y

This invention relates especially to improvements in the manufacture of buttons `whosc faces are cloth, except at the edges,

rim of a button embodyingthev invention,

Fig. 2, a face view of the button; Fig. 3, a top view of the body, which fits in the back and whose face is cloth; Fig. 4, a partly sectional view of the button; Fig. 5, atop view of a shell that forms the back and of another button embodying the invention; Fig;`

6, a top view ofthis button; Fig-fr', a top view of the body or central portion thereof; and Fig. 8, a partly sectional view of this button. y y

The cloth faces of the central portions or bodies of the buttons shown are alike and closely resemble the face ofthe central portion of a wellknown button which comprises a shell of vegetable-ivory that forms the back and rim of the button. The body and shell of that button are secured together by means of a metal fastening which extends 1 from the body through the shell and is clenched on the shell. The expense of per-'- forming the clenching operation, and the cost of the vegetable-ivory, are so much thatusually buttons like that can not be sold for use on garments for which cheap buttons are desired. This inventionenables cheap buttons to be produced, having the form of buttons whose backsand rims are` vegetablef` reye lOatt-he back of the shell.`

ivory, but differing therefrom more or less in appearance, for the finish given tothe shells of buttons embodying this invention is unlike that of vegetable-ivory" shells, and i may be greatly varied. e y n The shell shown in Fig.` 1 may be formed from a round blank thin sheetniaterial,

which'L must have the proper resiliency to fit it to act as hereinafter explained. ,'On i the part 1 of thisshell is andinwardly eX- y tending rim 2,'and inthe shell is a, central perforation 3. Preferably the shell is made Iof bryassand thev rim isforined by turning the edged of the shell over-.andkinward so that'the shape of across-section of the rim is made as'it is shown in Fig. 4. The `body 5, whichT fitsin 'the shell, maybe a 'common button, made yas well-known cloth-faced buttons are usually inade. Its diameter close to its face 6 is slightly greater thanthe l y internal diameter of the rim 2, and it comprises a tuft 7 formed to fit inand extend through Vthe perforation :Sin the shell, this y tuft being a little longer preferably than that of a common button. The shell and body aremade separately, the last operation in makingthe button being that of putting .the finished shell andbody together. This consists merely in snapping them together v with the fingers. The body is inserted in the shell and the edge of the body isfpressed i throughthe rim 2, which yields and then springs back so that it covers the edge of they body and holds the latterin theshell the rim and shell being capable of endur- 'ingstress great enough to change the internal diameter of the rim when this operation is performed. Not only is thisy operation very simple,but it does not affect the finish of the rim, so that it is feasible to finish the shells of buttons made as above described in various ways and in diiferent colors. The other but-ton shown is composed of a' resilient shell acentral portion or body, and a metaleye. The shell 8 has an inwardly eX- .tending rim 9, `like the rim of the shell vabove described, and contains a slot through which a piece of `wire extends that is bent so that it engages the shell and forms an y The body 11 is or may be eloth-covered and its diame ter closeto" its face is slightly greater than the internal diameter vr'ofthe rim 9. After the body rand shell have been made, the shell having the eye attached to it and lthe desired nish having been imparted to the shell, they are snapped together vwith the fingers and thus the button shown in Figs. 6 and 8 is produced.

Having thus described my invention, what l claini as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. A button comprising a body, and a resilient shell formed from thin sheet-material and including an inwardly extending rim, the body fitting snugly between the back of the shell and inner side of the rim, and the shell being capable of enduring stress great enough to change the internal diameter of the rim when the body and shell are pressed together. v v

2. A button comprising the combination of a perforate resilient hollow part, and a body on which said hollow part fits and whose edge it covers, said hollow part including an inwardly extending rim behind which the edge of the body lies, andthe resiliency of said hollow part being effective to contract, said rim over the edge of the Copies of this patent my be obtained for body, substantially as and for the purpose described. Y

3. A button comprising a body and a shell in which the body snugly fits, the shell surrounding and extending over and under the edge of the body, and one of said parts including a resilient rim capable of enduring stress great enough to change someA of its dimensions when the body and shell are forced together, the form of said rim in the completed button being the same as it was before the body and shell were united.

4. A resilient button-shell made to lit on the body of a button, the shell being formed from thin sheet-material and including an inwardly extending rim behind which the edge of the body lies, and the shell being capable of enduring stress great enough 'to change the internal diameter of the rim when the body and shell are pressed together.

JOHN STUART. In presence of RUFUs VVAxnMAN, GEORGE E. VVASHBURN.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

It is hereby certified that Letters Patent No. 1,105,110, granted July 28, 1914, upon the application of John Stuart, of Sauigatuok, Connecticut, for an improvement in Buttons, were erroneously issued to Clarence Wooster, as assignee of the entire interest in said invention, Whereas said Letters Patent should have been issued to the inventor, said Stuart and Ulan/72.0@ TVOOSM,y said Wooster being assignee of one-half interest only in said invention, as shown by the records of assignments in this ofhce; and that the said Letters Patent should be read With this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 8th day of December, A. D., 1914.

J. T. NEWTON,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

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